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Kyrsten Sinema’s bid to become the first openly bisexual member of the USA’s Senate has been declared a success at last. The US ‘midterm’ elections saw the Democrats gain nearly 40 seats in the House to take control from the Republicans, but the Republicans made gains which looked set to increase their narrow hold on power in the Senate. But […]

Opinion polls in Arizona suggest the USA may be about to get its first openly bisexual member of the Senate – with what would be a huge electoral swing. Kyrsten Sinema was chosen as the Democrat candidate for strongly Republican seat Arizona in the summer – a seat the Democrats haven’t won since 1988. In 2016 the Republicans won by […]

A Republican Senator in Maryland, USA who came out as bisexual in a debate around so-called ‘therapy’ aimed at converting young gay and bi people to heterosexuality should be legal has defected to the Democrats. Making the announcement yesterday Meagan Simonaire said, “I am leaving the Republican Party today, because it is important for me to stand with a party […]

Former Sex & The City star Cynthia Nixon’s bid for elected office has hit the buffers. She had been be challenging for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New York. The incumbent, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, won the primary yesterday by a 2:1 margin, taking around 65% of the vote to Nixon’s 35%. Her campaign drew a queer media storm […]

America might just be on course to elect its first out-bi candidate to the Senate, as the Democrats selected Kyrsten Sinema as their nominee in Arizona last night. The US Senate elections this November look very tight, with just a few states that might change hands from the Republicans to the Democrats and potentially switch control of the smaller house […]

American annual bi conference BECAUSE is now accepting workshop proposals for BECAUSE 2018. Submit through the proposal form before midnight August 31. We reproduce the workshop guidelines below. They are thinning the programme significantly, with just 20 workshop slots this time. BECAUSE provides workshops and presentations on a variety of topics of interest to the community. We have always benefited from the generous, skilled […]

The USA’s annual bisexual conference Because has announced its dates and prices for 2018 – and a change of venue. It will be in St Paul, Minnesota on 12 – 14 October, The organisers note, One of the reasons BECAUSE exists is to make a place for us to be ourselves. In the last few years, BECAUSE has worked to […]

Sex and The City star Cynthia Nixon is bidding to become the highest-profile openly bisexual politician in the USA. Nixon has announced she will be challenging for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New York. The incumbent Governor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, won for the second time in 2014 with 54% of the vote, so whoever wins the contest for the Democratic […]